Street-sign.



S; L. PHILLIPS.

STREET SGN.

APPLICATION FILED 2313.211911;

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L nuca/1 #et S. L. FHILLIPS.

STREET SIGN.

APPLICATION FILEDEMM?, 1911..

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S. L. PHILLIPSg STREET SIGN. APPLIGATIOI; FILED IEm, 1911'.

Pafnted Got. 22, l9g2.

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PHELLUFS, @E

. comerme.

Primeurs,

i c States, -esiclingin i ie city und; com et? lleni'er of Colcrndo,here rented certain end useful impr remonte Street-Signs; :incl l flodeclare the itollctwing to be riiuil, clear, u t description cfr" theinventio f --ble others slilerl. in t1 e crt to l Jains to maize ere-luse 'the wire being limi to the ecccmpenyns, anti to the character C Y aoi this spi el iipcn suiteble post thetlthe two' di nettingintersecting'`v streets angles varied to harmonize crying ingles oi suchstreetsa Ls illustrated in the drawing the two sign mem'- bersI may beplaced at right angles to each other or :it forty-lire angles, as may bedesired. This particular illustration is for the purpose of indicatingthat the sign members may be set at angles or any other angle ofadjustment which ine-.y be required by 'the purtieuler intersectingstreets.

llowevcr, n. sign capable oit herring its incirbers formell either etright or iorty :ingles `Wou l undoubtedly eclupt the sign for use ut allintersecting streets, since i' the :ingle diiierent from a right :ingleci intersection is noteectly fortylive degrees. the forty-five. degree:ingle will v be euilieientlj.' accurate for the purpose.

in my improved construction each sign member may consist ci tivobox-like structures nrrngccl one labove another, each ci; saidstructures haring transparent sides beyond which are placed the platesin which the street-indicating characters. nr ci? co1 struction it is'preferred that euch character require@` in inclit-,atingl the streetshell be i rmetl on s seperate section, thus adapting the i for use inecnnectioii` with any intersecting streets. and nmking it practicable iechange the cheracters es the nume of the street is changecl, or torer/ove e sien 'from one part of the city to another. t only changenecessary being change in iY e characters required .to iiisigiia'itiethe names lo( ation.

listing outiinefl niy improved Spcezcation of Letters Patent.

.e piicaton filed Febriary 2'?, i. Serial No.

immoreel construction the sign is,

Feitenteciet 22, 19ML eneoe. Y

construction, I

of arrow' 1,' Fig. if).A Fig. 2 is a. top plan ie I of thestructureshown in F l, ,or a ie'W looking in the direction of. arrow E2, 3 and 4are sections taken 0n `s lines 3-3 and M, respectively, of Fig.

im. is e top plan View of the groove er Twhich makes it practicable tochange i lati've angles of the two sign members, seme being,1 shown on alarger scale. is e section teken on tie line 6-6, cn zi larger scale. 7is e, horizontal section teken through one of the sign members on theline 7 7, Fig. 4i, shown on a larger scale. Fig. 8 is a top -plen Viewof one of the clamping Washers employed in connection' with thatillustrated in Fig. 5, the same being shown on the same scale s in Fig.'7. Fig. 9 is :i perspective View of one et the casings slipped over theopposite extremities of each sign member, inclosing the at the top 'andbottom, and also serving to hold the sectional street-indicatingIcharacter in place, cs Well as the 'transpercnt members .adjacent thesaid plates.

l0 is e similar View oi s member before 'the "ifg. 9 is applied.

The same reference characters indicate the same parte in all the views.

Referring new to the drawing, let the numerals and 5 designate upper andlower street sign members of box-like character. Each of these signmembers consists of a skeleton freine 7 of the construction illustretein Fig'. l0 clamped between a central Washer 8 and upper and lowerclamping members 9 ami l0. Each of these members as illustrated in thedrawing, is composed of tiro sides 12, @zich composed of two` parts 13vsecured to opposite enel Wood members 14 by means oiscrews'15. Each ofthe members 13 has :i groove 16 ailziptecl to -receive transparentplates 17 and 18, the plates 17 occupying the end members of the frame,While the plates i8 are centralv located on oppositesides asthe framestimer iglfljf Vfrom 'their central portions toward i The grooves lr) areof sufficient width to receire not onlyv the transparent purr shown inView is teken looking in the direction one extremity I page1- ie g/;l1o0veA engaging' lie *appel* edges of the sides o" i, Rieper signmember, other bolts C. t; die ii'sli named vvaslie 11th the est namedWasher foi' Clamping the upper sign member, the lest named bolts alsobeing 55 passed hrougli 'the upper sign member loeyoid he exis of iliesame, the first pained Washer being provided Will bolt hole C .1responding in position 'with the w rinus grooves in the' Laid Washer,the scia first 60 jretnamed u ylier having central o'iening, e

my lmnp allungo@ wiliin the sign membe's. 151e L ly in. l'he lower eignmember and partly "e in alie uppe eign member whereby .both

chore members liglil'ed by ille Same light, the G5 coul said lamppiojeeling hrougli the opening in pei* the .first med Washer.

A s'ueet sign composed of an upperA :md a lower member, Clamping meansfr holding seid members, frames applied to the 70 epposite extiemitiesof the me'mbes :md having their inner extremities fitted between saidclamping menne, the said fimnes prevening the escape of light from theintel-i021.

o'j the sizrue re., and one of the mem- 75 oele being mlguenlile ioeeeupy 'vary' an! with veelfeeee to the ol'ier le l ize with die etree@inlei'eeeig zx iistantialiv Sie described.

eii'iposed of two bok-like 8,0

one above another, each 4 eme ee1TV- lus named We :i eign member"Deviled boil' suepoing means, ami an i. mnaing elenient protrudingpartly mo each Enge. mem bei', for 'il e pmpose se@A fe YA. l

i r n eslimony Whezeof I afx my signau nce o two wlmeesee.

